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Gastroscope-assisted laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy: A case report with an unexpected old deflated intragastric balloon

INTRODUCTION AND IMPORTANCE: Obesity has become a global health crisis and is now considered a pandemic. Intragastric balloons (IGB) can aid obese patients achieve a better effect of weight loss than medications while being noninvasive compared to surgical therapy. CASE PRESENTATION: We report a cas...

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Autor principal: Al-Kadi, Azzam
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9149178/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35636218
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2022.107250